Kimch'aek, formerly Sŏngjin (성진), is a city in North Hamgyong Province, North Korea. The population is 196,000. The city recieved its current name during the Korean War, in 1951, in honor of recently deceased KPA general, Kim Ch'aek. It is an important port on the Sea of Japan (East Sea of Korea), and home to an ironworks. Hangul also refers to a word processing application widely used in Korea. ... It has been suggested that Sino-Korean be merged into this article or section. ... McCune-Reischauer romanization is one of the two most widely used Korean language romanization systems, along with the Revised Romanization of Korean, which replaced (a modified) McCune-Reischauer as the official romanization system in South Korea in 2000. ... The Revised Romanization of Korean (Korean: êµì–´ì˜ ë¡œë§ˆìž í‘œê¸°ë²•; åœ‹èªžì˜ ë¡œë§ˆå— è¡¨è¨˜æ³•) is the official Korean language romanization system in South Korea. ... North Hamgyŏng (Hamgyŏng-pukto) is a province of North Korea. ... Overview map of the Korean War The Korean War from June 25, 1950 to cease-fire on July 27, 1953 (the war has not ended officially), was a conflict between North Korea and South Korea. ... 1951 (MCMLI) was a common year starting on Monday; see its calendar. ... Wikipedia does not yet have an article with this exact name. ... The Sea of Japan (East Sea) is a marginal sea of the western Pacific Ocean. ... Ironworks at Coalbrookdale, Shropshire, England An ironworks or iron works is a building or site where iron is smelted and where heavy iron and/or steel products are made. ...
Andrei Makeyev, a spokesman for ship-owner Ardis, said the Terney's crew was following the recommendations of the Russian transportation and foreign ministries to head for the port pending investigation in the presence of Russian diplomats.
Yevgeny Valkovich, Russia's consul general in the port city of Chongjin about 200km (124 miles) from Kimchaek, said that he, as a foreigner, would not be allowed onto the Terney ship because it was in a restricted zone.
Valkovich said the captain had not agreed to the demands of the North Korean authorities, but added that the ship's owner, the Ardis company, had not yet responded.
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